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diff --git a/upstream/debian-unstable/man1/screendump.1 b/upstream/debian-unstable/man1/screendump.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e70f20fc --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/debian-unstable/man1/screendump.1 @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +.TH SCREENDUMP 1 "2002-02-24" "kbd" + +.SH NAME +screendump \- dump the contents of a virtual console to stdout + +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B screendump +[ +.I N +] + +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.B screendump +command dumps the contents of virtual console +.B N +, (or the current console if N is omitted) +to standard out. + +Just saying +.RS +cat /dev/vcsN +.RE +has a similar effect. + +.SH NOTES +For security reasons, +.B screendump +uses linux devices "virtual console screen" and +"virtual console screen with attributes" to give access for screendump. +.P +Ensure these files exist, using +.LP +.RS +cd /dev +for i in 0 1 2 3 ...; do +.br + mknod vcs$i c 7 $i +.br + mknod vcsa$i c 7 `expr 128 + $i` +.br +done +.RE + +(filling in the ellipses) and give the device files appropriate +permissions, or run +.B screendump +as root. + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR setterm (1) + +.\" .SH AUTHORS +.\" Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl> +.\" .br +.\" Manpage by Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org> |